“We urge gay priests and seminarians to come out and denounce this affront to their faith, vocation and dignity. We call upon all other priests and bishops of good conscience to stand up for their brothers. And, most importantly, we call upon Catholics to vociferously reject this shameful instruction.”

“I sort of fell out of the womb and landed in my mother’s high heels. … I was always kind of out. I tell you what was … the hardest thing was when I was 42 years old, I decided to get sober. I had two DUIs and I thought, ‘You know, honey … the jig is up. Take off that party dress.’ … I’d never been into a gay bar sober in my entire life. I was riddled with internal homophobia. So, these last eight years, I feel like I came out. I’m comfortable in my skin with who I am and what I am today because of the work I’ve done in recovery these last eight years.”

“I’m not very romantic about it, to be honest. I think Kenny probably would be if I let him, but it’s just not me. … We want to do it just in case. You never know, I could get hit by a bus and the poor man could have nothing.”